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Paracycloseris

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyclolitidae

Taxonomy
Paracycloseris was named by Wells (1934). Its type is Paracycloseris elizabethae.

It was assigned to Cyclolitidae by Wells (1956); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cunnolitidae by Baron-Szabo (2021).

Species
P. effrenatus, P. nariensis (syn. P. elizabethae), P. radiatus
Entered
by W. Kiessling on 2007-03-13; modified by U. Merkel on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Paracycloseris Wells
1956Paracycloseris Wells p. F387
2002Paracycloseries Sepkoski
2021Paracycloseris Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyFungiicaeDana 1846
familyCyclolitidaed'Orbigny 1851
genusParacycloseris

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Paracycloseris Wells 1934
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†Paracycloseris effrenatus Filkorn and Pantoja-Alor 2009
†Paracycloseris nariensis Duncan 1880
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Invalid names: Paracycloseris elizabethae Wells 1934 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Priabonian or 119.57000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous143.1 - 66.0Iran (Fars) P. nariensis (233243)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Switzerland Thecocyathus radiatus (76998)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Egypt P. sp. (151613)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Mexico (Guerrero) P. effrenatus (85295)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Cuba P. elizabethae (87606 87670)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Jamaica (St. James Parish) P. elizabethae (88337)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica P. elizabethae (27649)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica (Clarendon) P. elizabethae (162957) P. sp. (162932)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica P. elizabethae (27647 27650 27653)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica (Clarendon) P. sp. (161322 161324 161339)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico P. elizabethae (74810)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica (Clarendon Parish) P. elizabethae (163014 163028)
Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica P. elizabethae (27646)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Pakistan Trochocyathus nariensis (11291)